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I currently cannot connect to my Beomaster 5 via Beoconnect on a Mac.
I am not sure if this is because I recently switched from Sky to Virgin Media. The Beomaster 5 connects to the internet as the radio works.
The Beomaster shows up in Finder on the Mac but cannot connect.
I would appreciate any help.
Thank you
Beoconnect doesn't work with the latest version of macOS.
Found this on another Beoworld thread - I don't remember which.
But it was important, so I copied that to send to a friend of mine.
Maybe it helps.
'We recommend the following solution instead, in order to move music from your computer to the BeoMaster 5:In order to move music to the BeoMaster 5, you can map the library manually from Mac OS X Finder• On BeoSound 5 in SETTINGS -> NETWORK INFO, the IP address of BeoMaster 5 is written• On Mac, open Finder - in top bar select "GO" - "Connect to server"• In server address type: smb:///bm-share$• Provide 'BM-USER' as user and the password stored in SETTINGS -> NETWORK SETTINGS -> CLIENT PASSWORD on BeoSound 5• Now select the server in Finder: Shared -> IP-address of BM5 -> Music. (or if "connected servers" are shown on desktop -> choose the "BM-SHARE$" icon)• You are now able to drag and drop files from your computer to the music library on BeoMaster 5
Other tip:Since the BeoMaster 5 supports the Bonjour (or zeroconf) protocol for hostname resolution, you don't need to manually look up the IP address. Just enter the following line in the "Connect to server" dialog:smb://BM-USER@BeoMaster5.local/bm-share$and then enter the password. (Note the additional short-cut of entering the username in the dialog.)Two more tricks- When entering the password, check the "Remember this password in my keychain" checkbox, so you won't have to reenter the password every time (see screenshot).- Drag the network drive "bm-share$" into the Finder's sidebar (left-most column in a Finder window), so it appears under "Favorites" (see second screenshot). Then, to mount the disk, you just have to click on this short-cut.'
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Thank you for your help. I will try this at the week end.